SparkandFire
We're drinking beer
So I picked up another truck (against the constant flow of complaints from the wife) from good OB member Towcat this past monday. I now have a nice fleet of vehicles occupying precious parking spaces at my apartment building... I am not sure if they've noticed all the old, loud diesels hanging around the place are all registered to me.
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
I am at the moment, however, locked into a bitter battle with the DMV over registering this thing... what a bunch of *********!!! I spent over an hour monday (with Tim -The Warden- waiting in the parking lot) transfering it to my name, first they wanted $1100 in back registration, arguing that it was behind several years. Once the idiot hit the right button on the computer and figured out that the truck really was non-oped, they wanted two years of registration because the tags are due on June 15th. They want me to pay a WHOLE year of registration for about three weeks, before paying for next year. So I park this thing at my shop until I get it sorted out. Go back to the DMV yesterday and they won't give me a temporary permit to move the truck because the other office I went to hasn't entered it into the computer yet... BOY I am I glad we don't have government run healthcare (it would be like visiting your doctor at the ********* DMV!!!)
Currently, it is believed that the truck may have a failed oil cooler (on account of the dark and milky nature of the coolant) We loaded 'er up with Calgon (or the generic version since I am cheap ) to see if it cleans up... Otherwise Towcat and I are going to repair the oil cooler.
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
I am at the moment, however, locked into a bitter battle with the DMV over registering this thing... what a bunch of *********!!! I spent over an hour monday (with Tim -The Warden- waiting in the parking lot) transfering it to my name, first they wanted $1100 in back registration, arguing that it was behind several years. Once the idiot hit the right button on the computer and figured out that the truck really was non-oped, they wanted two years of registration because the tags are due on June 15th. They want me to pay a WHOLE year of registration for about three weeks, before paying for next year. So I park this thing at my shop until I get it sorted out. Go back to the DMV yesterday and they won't give me a temporary permit to move the truck because the other office I went to hasn't entered it into the computer yet... BOY I am I glad we don't have government run healthcare (it would be like visiting your doctor at the ********* DMV!!!)
Currently, it is believed that the truck may have a failed oil cooler (on account of the dark and milky nature of the coolant) We loaded 'er up with Calgon (or the generic version since I am cheap ) to see if it cleans up... Otherwise Towcat and I are going to repair the oil cooler.